Jimmy Smith- Root Down Format:LP all of which were pristinely

all of which were pristinely recorded by Daniel Lanois protege Mark Howard (who also produced Lucinda Williams's World Without Tears)

A swinging Christmas and a jazzy new year-that's what this joyous 1960 Ella LP will bring you

sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes with versions taken from the session takes and demo recordings of it's 17 songs

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

Get the Funk Out

Jimmy Smith- Root Down Format:LP all of which were pristinelyLabel: Verve Reissued 2016, Originally released 1972 Root Down captures the king of the Hammond B3 organ, Jimmy Smith, playing down and dirty R&B. The album includes two versions (one previously unissued) of Smith's "Root Down," a song covered by the Beastie Boys in 1994. There is also a hypnotic reading of Al Green's pleading "Let's Stay Together," which yet again proves that Jimmy Smith is a man with a lot of soul. Jimmy achieved the rare